Mariners start Spring Training this weekend – what you need to know

The Associated Press reports: “Right around the first of the year, Eric Wedge placed a call to a select number of Seattle Mariners telling them to get to the Pacific Northwest in the dead of winter. Wedge wanted to see firsthand if this group had followed through during the offseason in getting themselves ready for the upcoming season in the way Wedge and his staff asked. … Wedge will get the first look of any manager in baseball at how the offseason went when the Mariners open spring training in Arizona this weekend. Pitchers and catchers report on Saturday, with the first workout scheduled for Sunday.” Read more on seattlepi.com.